Rockville, Maryland
1927 - 2020
Dr. Saul Brusilow, a pediatrician and biochemical geneticist who developed groundbreaking therapies to treat the complications of rare and often fatal genetic defects, died on April 19, 2020. He was 92, lived in Bethesda, Maryland and taught at Johns Hopkins University for over 50 years where he...
Read MoreSaul was my teacher, my colleague, and mostly my friend. His contributions are recognized world-wide. He will be greatly missed, but never forgotten!
Michael Kaback
April 20, 2025 | Work
Dr. Brusilow: You saved my life and the lives of so many of my grandchildren and relatives. God bless you and keep you until we meet again! Thank you! James Kamerath
James Kametath
June 20, 2020 | Acquaintance
A unique Friend and teacher, Saul taught us critical thinking, devotion to patients, and total honesty in our profession. He was one of the Harriet Lane giants and shall always be remembered.
Michael Kaback
Michael Kaback
June 01, 2020
Great Hopkins teacher in pediatrics, and a serious mensch. I remember him well, swooping onto the floors at Harriet Lane, where he was a rigorous but exciting Professor. Terrific guy, in the Hopkins tradition of excellence.
Arthur M.D.
May 03, 2020 | Student
This man completely changed our life. His brilliance discovered a way for those who have urea cycle disorders to rid their bodies of the poison that built up in their bodies that they could not. Then he came up with a medication and ended up funding a laboratory to make that medication himself when no other laboratory would. Who does that?! Sarah owes not only her life but her quality of life to this man. For 22 years she was constantly in crisis, had two comas and one complete paralysis on...
Pamela Parsons
April 29, 2020 | Friend
Saul was a good friend and a wonderful pediatrician. In addition to being a gifted researcher, he was very supportive of the Child Life Program and efforts to address the psycho-social needs of children. He will be missed.
Jerriann Myers Wilson
April 26, 2020 | Towson, MD
